"I hope that Dorian Gray will make this woman his wife, passionately adore her for six months, and then suddenly become fascinated by someone else. He would be a wonderful study." - Oscar Wilde
"But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face." - Oscar Wilde
"Yes; he would try to be to Dorian Gray what, without knowing it, the lad was to the painter who had fashioned the wonderful portrait. He would seek to dominate him-had already, indeed, half done so. He would make that wonderful spirit his own. There was something fascinating in this son of Love and Death." - Oscar Wilde
What critics said:
Grade 10 Up-"The Whole Story" format provides illustrations and annotations to the classic text. Ross's lively and sophisticated cartoons add interest, and historical information helps readers place the novel in proper context and gives insight into its characters. The problem with this attractive, glossy layout, however, is that the text and the quotes pulled from it are not always on the same page. Further, some illustrations and notations visually cut into the narrative and may distract readers. For example, a drawing appears on the first page along with the passage, "In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty," but that quote does not appear until the second page of the story. Useful as a supplement to the original novel, but not a replacement for it. Karen Hoth, Marathon Middle/High School, FL
==A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden." - Amazon ReviewsThe classic tale of a man who sells his moral health for the opportunity to retain his youth and good looks, and the portrait that reveals his own corruption to him, is well-suited to this graphic novel adaptation. Edginton retains many of Wilde’s eloquent phrasings, and Culbard’s black-and-white images give us a Belle Epoch London to fit with Dorian Gray’s recklessness. Lord Henry Wooton’s Svengali role is clearly defined here, and the working-class victims of Gray’s appetites and denials—including the Vane siblings—have some of the most distinct and personalized features among the cast of characters. Gray himself verges on cartoon proportions, a fitting tribute to Wilde’s presentation of him as lacking moral depth. Fitting with the original story, Culbard uses scenes from taverns, opium dens, and bawdy houses, and includes an image of an accurately rendered male nude garden statue. Teens who have read the original will appreciate this rendition, and those who haven’t read Wilde directly should be encouraged to give him a try after this taste. Grades 8-12. --Francisca Goldsmith
Painter Basil Hallward has done a portrait of a strange subject-youthful Dorian Gray, a man with a mysterious and tangled history. The young man broods on how unfair it is that he will age and his portrait will remain ever young. He wishes with all his might that it were otherwise - and in some bizarre, magical way - it is! This is a novel of dark wonders brilliantly brought to life in the heralded Marvel Illustrated style. Collects Marvel Illustrated
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Videos:
Explanations of why I chose what I chose:
Quote one:
I chose this quote because it helps shape the main character. It shows that he's a ladies man and also that he inerest many people. The person from the book that stated this quote seems to showing a lot of sarcasm and posible jealousy.
Quote two:
This quote just simply sttod out in my eyes. I liked it because I agree with what the author is saying. In the book they talk about how beauty takes away intelligence.
Quote three:
I thought this quote would draw peoples attention because it makes you wonder why this person has such hate for Dorian Gray.
Quote from critic #1:
This person thinks that this book should be for highschool on up. They also think that the book is a classic, thats one of the reasons i chose this quote from critic, because I agree that it's a classic. Another reason I chose this review is because it have a lot of reasonning.
Quote from critic #2:
This quote from critic interest the reader. It also draws them into wanting to read the book. It was a very positive review and had a lot of meaning in it.
Quote from critic #3:
This person also thought that The Picture of Dorian Gray is a classical book. I chose this quote because it gave a nice preview to what the book is about. I thought it was easy to follow.
Quote from critic #4:
This quote made the character, Dorian, stand out. I liked how it described him as a man with a mysterious and tangled history. I think this quote will give my readers chills and make them want to go straight home and read the book themselves.
Video one:
This video is the movie trailer to the movie ,"The Picture of Dorian Gray", based off the book. The movie was in theaters September ninth 2009. I chose this video because it gives a preview of the book.
Video two:
I thought this video was funny. It's a few boys acting like Dorian Gray and I thought that it would help draw peoples attention if they see that others out there have read the book.
by: Oscar Wilde
Quotes from book:
"I hope that Dorian Gray will make this woman his wife, passionately adore her for six months, and then suddenly become fascinated by someone else. He would be a wonderful study." - Oscar Wilde
"But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face." - Oscar Wilde
"Yes; he would try to be to Dorian Gray what, without knowing it, the lad was to the painter who had fashioned the wonderful portrait. He would seek to dominate him-had already, indeed, half done so. He would make that wonderful spirit his own. There was something fascinating in this son of Love and Death." - Oscar Wilde
What critics said:
Grade 10 Up-"The Whole Story" format provides illustrations and annotations to the classic text. Ross's lively and sophisticated cartoons add interest, and historical information helps readers place the novel in proper context and gives insight into its characters. The problem with this attractive, glossy layout, however, is that the text and the quotes pulled from it are not always on the same page. Further, some illustrations and notations visually cut into the narrative and may distract readers. For example, a drawing appears on the first page along with the passage, "In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty," but that quote does not appear until the second page of the story. Useful as a supplement to the original novel, but not a replacement for it. Karen Hoth, Marathon Middle/High School, FL
==A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden." - Amazon Reviews The classic tale of a man who sells his moral health for the opportunity to retain his youth and good looks, and the portrait that reveals his own corruption to him, is well-suited to this graphic novel adaptation. Edginton retains many of Wilde’s eloquent phrasings, and Culbard’s black-and-white images give us a Belle Epoch London to fit with Dorian Gray’s recklessness. Lord Henry Wooton’s Svengali role is clearly defined here, and the working-class victims of Gray’s appetites and denials—including the Vane siblings—have some of the most distinct and personalized features among the cast of characters. Gray himself verges on cartoon proportions, a fitting tribute to Wilde’s presentation of him as lacking moral depth. Fitting with the original story, Culbard uses scenes from taverns, opium dens, and bawdy houses, and includes an image of an accurately rendered male nude garden statue. Teens who have read the original will appreciate this rendition, and those who haven’t read Wilde directly should be encouraged to give him a try after this taste. Grades 8-12. --Francisca GoldsmithPainter Basil Hallward has done a portrait of a strange subject-youthful Dorian Gray, a man with a mysterious and tangled history. The young man broods on how unfair it is that he will age and his portrait will remain ever young. He wishes with all his might that it were otherwise - and in some bizarre, magical way - it is! This is a novel of dark wonders brilliantly brought to life in the heralded Marvel Illustrated style. Collects Marvel Illustrated
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Videos:
Explanations of why I chose what I chose:
Quote one:
I chose this quote because it helps shape the main character. It shows that he's a ladies man and also that he inerest many people. The person from the book that stated this quote seems to showing a lot of sarcasm and posible jealousy.
Quote two:
This quote just simply sttod out in my eyes. I liked it because I agree with what the author is saying. In the book they talk about how beauty takes away intelligence.
Quote three:
I thought this quote would draw peoples attention because it makes you wonder why this person has such hate for Dorian Gray.
Quote from critic #1:
This person thinks that this book should be for highschool on up. They also think that the book is a classic, thats one of the reasons i chose this quote from critic, because I agree that it's a classic. Another reason I chose this review is because it have a lot of reasonning.
Quote from critic #2:
This quote from critic interest the reader. It also draws them into wanting to read the book. It was a very positive review and had a lot of meaning in it.
Quote from critic #3:
This person also thought that The Picture of Dorian Gray is a classical book. I chose this quote because it gave a nice preview to what the book is about. I thought it was easy to follow.
Quote from critic #4:
This quote made the character, Dorian, stand out. I liked how it described him as a man with a mysterious and tangled history. I think this quote will give my readers chills and make them want to go straight home and read the book themselves.
Video one:
This video is the movie trailer to the movie ,"The Picture of Dorian Gray", based off the book. The movie was in theaters September ninth 2009. I chose this video because it gives a preview of the book.
Video two:
I thought this video was funny. It's a few boys acting like Dorian Gray and I thought that it would help draw peoples attention if they see that others out there have read the book.